Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... the autumn winds Wave o'er the yellow corn ! And in the narrow houfe o ' death Let winter round me rave ; And the next flowers , that deck the fpring Bloom on my peaceful grave . ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm [ 20 ]
... the autumn winds Wave o'er the yellow corn ! And in the narrow houfe o ' death Let winter round me rave ; And the next flowers , that deck the fpring Bloom on my peaceful grave . ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm [ 20 ]
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Robert Burns. ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm , and now a leg , About to beg a pass for leave to beg ; Dull , liftlefs , teased , dejected , and deprest , ( Nature is adverfe to a criple's reft ; ) Will generous G ***** lift to ...
Robert Burns. ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm , and now a leg , About to beg a pass for leave to beg ; Dull , liftlefs , teased , dejected , and deprest , ( Nature is adverfe to a criple's reft ; ) Will generous G ***** lift to ...
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... arms ; Wi ' war's alarms . And honeft fowk were deav'd bedeen , Syne auld and young , o ' ilka callin ' , Were a ' in order made to fall in ; And , ay the mair to keep the faul in , And banish wae , The bony bells made nae devallin , Wi ...
... arms ; Wi ' war's alarms . And honeft fowk were deav'd bedeen , Syne auld and young , o ' ilka callin ' , Were a ' in order made to fall in ; And , ay the mair to keep the faul in , And banish wae , The bony bells made nae devallin , Wi ...
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... arms . been bred 1 Lang ere † Bellisle , In rank and file . Them a ' , like ony fodgers led Ilk ane had guns : there's mony trimmer , For maift o ' them , I'd lay a brimmer , Had na been fhot this mony a Simmer , They gaed fic dints ...
... arms . been bred 1 Lang ere † Bellisle , In rank and file . Them a ' , like ony fodgers led Ilk ane had guns : there's mony trimmer , For maift o ' them , I'd lay a brimmer , Had na been fhot this mony a Simmer , They gaed fic dints ...
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... arms , His fears forefaw a thousand harms Approaching faft , Till Nature , veiling a ' her charms , Gaed way at laft . To crown the hale . about the gloaming . The Siller Gun was won bi * no man ! Warfe deeds hae gi'en to mony a Roman ...
... arms , His fears forefaw a thousand harms Approaching faft , Till Nature , veiling a ' her charms , Gaed way at laft . To crown the hale . about the gloaming . The Siller Gun was won bi * no man ! Warfe deeds hae gi'en to mony a Roman ...
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